. Men and manners of old Florence . THE TWILIGHT OF THE PAST 269 Office were distributed the letters and papers, and onpost-days (for at that blest period even the post hadsome rest), all those who expected anything crowdedunder the Tetto de Pisani, and asked for letters withthe same anxiety with which they ask for them to-dayand were met by the same exasperating , except in the principal streets or onsome great Church holiday or civic anniversary, fewpeople were to be seen. There were no publicvehicles; until 1824, S. Fiacre had no devotees amongthe Florentines. In that
. Men and manners of old Florence . THE TWILIGHT OF THE PAST 269 Office were distributed the letters and papers, and onpost-days (for at that blest period even the post hadsome rest), all those who expected anything crowdedunder the Tetto de Pisani, and asked for letters withthe same anxiety with which they ask for them to-dayand were met by the same exasperating , except in the principal streets or onsome great Church holiday or civic anniversary, fewpeople were to be seen. There were no publicvehicles; until 1824, S. Fiacre had no devotees amongthe Florentines. In that year there appeared five orsix, which were stationed in the Piazza del Duomonear the Stone of Dante. In Via Larga (now ViaCavour) opposite the Palazzo Riccardi the grass grewbetween the stones. The shops were modest enough,and built in an antique fashion, like the oldest ones onthe Ponte Vecchio and those which have disappearedin recent years from the vicinity of the Badia. Theyhad usually a low wall in front, in which there wasa
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